I keep going on and on about this point, but it isn’t easy to come by Tomicas in the UAE. I was having that discussion with the co-founder of the company I work for, and he mentioned a little-known store located in a forgotten corner of a city. He told me he remembered them stocking Tomicas there, and I should give it…

I posted earlier today about my vacation haul. I was so excited about sharing them, I didn’t even bother opening the boxes up (not one for keeping boxes tbh, these go straight on my shelf). I live in the UAE, where you don’t get Tomicas, so when I spotted my first two at a 7 Eleven in Phuket, I grabbed them. When I…

When I was growing up, the bulk of my collection ended-up being Majorettes. I grew up in a small town where there was one toy store, and it only stocked their 1/64 toys. Back then, I thought they were fantastic.

I’ve somehow successfully managed to get philpilihp to let me write on this blog despite never having done anything more than lurked. So I figured I’d start with a story about myself. The story of how I got into diecast cars.

Let’s give full credit where it’s due. Mazda is killing it right now. Sure they’ve been the enthusiast’s choice for a while now, but holy crap. Every inch of their range (and this is a mainstream manufacturer) oozes sex appeal.

I love the original Honda NSX. It was brilliant. A piece of engineering excellence that sent its global rivals running for cover. It reminded Ferrari how to build a sports car, when it looked like they'd forgotten how. I ate up the reviews as a child, and young adult. Even now, I open up old articles for a piece of…

As I've gotten older, I've become increasingly brand loyal. I've gotten tired of experimenting with things, and just bought from a brand that I know will get the job done. I just switched back from Android to iOS, after 2.5 years of failed experiments moving away from the iPhone. I realized that I was happy with the…

I wrote a post the other day defending the Toybaru twins, and touched on the issue of enthusiasts asking auto manufacturers to build us cars, but then not buying them. This has happened to a few cars I can think of. Automakers could write us off as ungrateful bastards, but I don't think they've always delivered on…

Toyota has come out and told the enthusiast world that they will NOT be building a faster GT86/FR-S. Why? Simple, there aren't enough sales to justify the investment in getting a more powerful variant approved for production.